VCBC #7, July 1996, Card Restoration - An Idea Whose Time Has Come

[clydepepper]

Way back in 1990, when I was still stupid and naïve, I sent my raw T206 Ty Cobb (bat on shoulder) to a company in California (not the one mentioned) that had advertised in SCD that they could 'restore' vintage cards.

I waited, waited, and waited.

Finally, I was fed up at the delay (several months) I called and said, 'Please just send the card back now'.

They did, and while nothing appeared to be changed (not trimmed, etc.) they did charge me $57 to get it back...which I later came to accept as a ransom payment.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Leon if you have a chance, Dennis Purdy's article on PSA is very interesting as well.

[Griffins]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Leon if you have a chance, Dennis Purdy's article on PSA is very interesting as well.

Was that the one that called grading companies "smoke detectors without batteries"? VCBC had some good quotes at times.

[barrysloate]

I don't know for certain why issue #7 of VCBC is so difficult to find, but the story I've heard is that PSA wasn't pleased with the article and bought up the entire remaining stock. Even though I was assistant editor of the magazine, I didn't know everything that was going on.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I don't know for certain why issue #7 of VCBC is so difficult to find, but the story I've heard is that PSA wasn't pleased with the article and bought up the entire remaining stock. Even though I was assistant editor of the magazine, I didn't know everything that was going on.

The pre-internet equivalent of "poofing" a thread?

[irishdenny]

Mr. Purdy's "Wit" is Simply Brilliant!!!

[Leon]

I figure this is a good enough time to bump this thread. Happy collecting!!